Note 3, 39 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS (continued 4)
Reading edition
39. anne = an.—Siculi iuvenci: Every one has heard of the brazen bull made by Perillus for Phalaris of Agrigentum, Cic., Off., 2, 7, 26, and the sword of Damocles, in the next verse, is a proverb in English. Comp. Hor., Od., 3, 1, 17; Cic., Tusc. Dis., 5, 21, 61.—aera: poet. Plur. Vivid personification and identification.